Substitutes Juan Mata and Alexis Sanchez scored either side of Anthony Martial ’s equaliser at Old Trafford after Newcastle became the first side in the Premier League to score twice in the opening 10 minutes at United’s home.

And Keown says Mourinho needs to foster a togetherness at the club to restore former glories at the club report the MEN .

“The top managers now, the Jurgen Klopp s, the Guardiola s, they nurture their players. There’s a relationship. It’s a shared experience.

“Mourinho, there’s something gone wrong. He used to have a special relationship with his players. Think back to his early days at Chelsea . That has long disappeared. There are problems there.”

United officials rebuffed reports that Mourinho would lose his job regardless of the result against the Magpies on the morning of the game, and Keown believes the Reds are in need of the forthcoming international break to recalibrate the club.

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“When they come back from this international break, and boy do they need a break from one and other because it seems to me that they’re at the end of their tether with each other, they play Chelsea and then Juventus,” he said.

“He’s got to quickly hit the ground running, find the necessary tactics, use this period to revitalise himself and come back with a smile on his face.

“I wouldn’t want to work for a manager like that and walk into work every day to play for someone like that, and in the end it becomes ‘OK. I’m going to play for myself’. You’ve got to get the right ambience in the group. At the moment, it’s not there.”